NurseHub Vocabulary Words

Anticipate

To realize beforehand

Anticoagulant

A drug or other substance that prevents or slows down the process of blood forming a clot

Antihistamines

A type of drug that is used to treat medical conditions caused by an extreme reaction to particular substances.

Antithesis

A contrary or opposite opinion, concept, or characteristic.

Antitussive

A drug used to prevent or relieve a cough

Anuria

The absence or suppression of urine

Apathetic

Someone who shows or feels no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Applicable

Applying or capable of being applied

Apply

To request something, usually officially, especially in writing or by sending in a form.

Aptitude

A natural ability or skill

Assent

An act of agreeing to something especially after thoughtful consideration

Assess

To determine the rate or amount of (something, such as a tax, charge, or fine)

Assesment

The act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something.

Assiduous

Someone who shows hard work, care, and attention to detail

Assured

Guaranteed

Astute

Someone who is able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it

ATEB

Award Term Evaluation Board

Audible

Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard

Augment

To make something greater by adding to it

Auscultate

To examine something by auscultation

Auspiciously

In a way that suggests a positive and success future

Barren

Land that is too poor to produce much or any vegetation

Benevolent

Characterized by or given to doing good

Benign

Pleasant and kind; not harmful or severe

Bifurcate

To divide or fork into two branches

Bilateral

Relating to, or affecting the right and left sides of the body or the right and left members of paired organs

Bland

Someone or something that lacks strong features or characteristics and is therefore uninteresting

Blister

A painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot, or by burning

Boisterous

Rough and noisy

Boorish

Someone who is rude and not considerate of others people's feelings

Brazen

Shameless or impudent

Breath v. Breath

To move air into and out of the lungs. Breath is the air that moves into or out of the lungs.

Burgeoning

Something that is growing or developing quickly

Candid

Someone or something that is honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful.

Cantankerous

Difficult or irritating to deal with.

Capricious

Indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic

Carbuncle

A painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue

Cardiac

Of, near, of affecting the heart

Cavity

A hollowed-out space

Cease

To stop, discontinue, or come to an end

Cholesterol

A substance found in the body tissue and blood of all animals, which contains a high amount of fat and is thought to be a contributing factor to heart disease when present in excessive amounts

Chronology

The arrangement of events, dates, etc. in the order of the occurrence

Cicatrix

New tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar

Circuitous

Movement a circular or winding course

Circumduction

Movement of a limb or extremity so that the distal ends describes a circle while the proximal end remains fixed

Cognition

The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses.

Collateral

A branch of a bodily part (such as a vein)

Compensatory

Serving to compensate, such as for loss, lack, or injury

Complied

Gathered together especially from various sources

Complication

A difficult factor or issue often appearing unexpectedly and changing existing plans, methods, or attitudes

Concave

Curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere

Concise

Expressing or covering much in few words

Concomitant

Existing or occurring with something else

Confines

Something (such as borders or walls) that encloses

Congestive

Something related to or affected to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluids

Consistent

Holding together; firm; solid

Constrict

To make narrow or draw together

Construct

A subjective idea or theory

Contemplate

To spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious or quiet way

Contingent

Depent on or conditioned by something else

Contour

An outline especially of a curving or irregular figure

Contract

A binding agreement between two or more persons or parties

Contraindications

Something (such as a symptom or condition) that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable

Convalescence

A gradual healing process or a time of rest and relaxation, usually after an illness

Convulsion

An abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles

Convert

Concealed or disguised

Cursory

Rapidly and often superficially performed or produced

Defecate

To excrete waste matter from the bowels

Deficit

Inadequacy or insufficiency

Dejected

Low in spirits

Delusion

A persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary

Democracy

A form of government in which the common people hold political power

Democratic

Someone who believes in, encourages, or supports freedom and equality between people and groups

Density

The quality of being close together and difficult to go or see-through

Depress

To lessen the activity or strength of

Depth

A profound or intense state or an extremely low condition

Deteriorating

Becoming worse or inferior in conditions, characters, quality, or value

Deterrent

Something that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something

Diagnosis

The act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

Diameter

A straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center

Diffuse

To cause to spread out freely

Digress

To deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing

Dilate

To become enlarged or widened

Diligent

Someone who is careful and uses a lot of effort

Diluted

Something made weaker or less pure by the addition of another substance

Discrete

Apart or detached from others

Disdain

A feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior

Disinfectant

A substance that contains chemicals that kill bacteria

Disregard

The fact of showing no care or respect for something

Distal

Situated away from the point of origin or attachment such as a limb or bone

Distended

Enlarged, expanded, or stretched out (as from internal pressure)

Diuretic

Something that causes an increase in the production of urine

Docile

Easy to teach, manage, or handle

Documentation

Pieces of paper containing official information

Dynamic

Someone who has a lot of ideas and enthusiasm

Dysfunctional

Not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning

Ebola

A very serious infectious disease with fever and bleeding inside the body

Echelon

A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society

Eczema

A skin condition in which areas of the skin become red, rough, and itchy

Efficacy

The ability to produce intended results